“ See? I'm glad someone remembers the episode better than I do So if she obeyed believing that they were a changeling army but stopped short of destroying the ship, it's hard to see why she'd be punished at all. Sure, maybe she'd be called into a court martial to explain herself but she wouldn't... ”

“ Yes, not only a threat, but she was told it was full of Changelings after a Changeling had supposedly bombed a Romulan/Federation conference on Earth. She obeyed the order to stop the Defiant, but did not obey the subsequent order to destroy it.

“ It's always a tricky one. I've been in the military and there are certain times when you can refuse an order but if i remember the episode, wasn't Benteen told that the Defiant was a threat so she was firing on it based on the intel she was given? If so, I can see that she would be reassigned for... ”

“ Yeah, I'd think so! Unless someone really had it out for her politically for being a Leyton lackey. But that's hard to do, given the circumstances. I'd say she'd pass that Court Martial with flying colors, and it'd be weird to reassign her after a successful court martial. I'd think it'd be more... ”